Terry Yvonne Vester, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Lafayette, AL
Terry Yvonne Vester, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Lafayette, Alabama, and NPI 1396806121, issued on Dec 13, 2006. Check the license (Alabama 11415, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Terry Yvonne Vester
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 11415 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 140 1St St SE, Lafayette, AL 36862
- Phone
- (334) 864-7887
- Enumerated
- Dec 13, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (334) 864-0460
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110114000731); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Howard University College Of Medicine, 1981
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 140 1St St SE
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Al Vester, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1447311295
Verify Terry Yvonne Vester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 11415Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
12% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,114 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 11% of claims. 37 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate346 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium264 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide129 claims
- Metformin Hcl122 claims
- Lisinopril112 claims
- Losartan Potassium98 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $58.41
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Novo Nordisk Inc. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Vester Health Center LLCLafayette, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Terry Yvonne Vester among 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama
Terry Yvonne Vester, M.D. is one of 1,996 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 52% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated1981 · median 2005 among the 1,346 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Family Medicine Physician providers in Alabama
There are 1,996 family medicine physician records in Alabama.
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The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Anesia Allen, DOLanett, AL 368631003495201
- Bradley Carden, M.D.Phenix City, AL 368671598746943
- Joseph Conklin, M.D.Phenix City, AL 368671942663695
- Gary Dillard, MDPhenix City, AL 368671043325400
- Daryl Ellis, MDPhenix City, AL 368671467468355
- Kimberly Funches-Jackson, M.D.Phenix City, AL 368671497705123
- Dennis Harden, MDPhenix City, AL 368671982715538
- Alexa Jones, PA-CPhenix City, AL 368671255993390
Common questions
What is Terry Yvonne Vester, M.D.'s NPI number?
Terry Yvonne Vester, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396806121, issued on Dec 13, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Terry Yvonne Vester, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 140 1St St SE, Lafayette, AL, 36862. Phone: (334) 864-7887. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Terry Yvonne Vester, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number 11415, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Terry Yvonne Vester, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Terry Yvonne Vester, M.D. had 3,114 Medicare Part D claims for 260 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.